How often do you step into your office and feel energized by its design? For many, the answer is not very often. And who can blame them? With bland walls, generic furniture, and harsh lighting, most offices are hardly inspiring...

How do you stay focused at work? The answer might surprise you. If you’re looking to get ahead in your career or simply improve your productivity, focusing on one task at a time can be challenging. In today’s busy world, it...

How often do you wake up feeling tired or unmotivated? Are you looking forward to going to work or dreading it? If you answered yes to either question, then you might want to try something new. The key to waking...

“Dress for the job you want, not the job you have” – Picture Perfect (1997) After over 2 years of getting accustomed to video calls during remote work, we can safely assume that they are here to stay. A recent...

Picture the desks of two workers: the first is incredibly messy, with papers and writing utensils loosely disseminated over its surface, and items obstructing the view of the monitor. The second, on the other hand, is incredibly neat, with every...

Office injuries are common occurrences at workplaces around the globe. Most of these injuries occur during the working hours of office employees due to various reasons such as heavy lifting, repetitive movements or falls from heights. The most common types...

Working from home has become very common these days. Many people are now able to work from cafes, coffee shops, parks, and most sinisterly, their beds.  72% of 1,000 Americans surveyed said they had worked remotely from their bed during...

“The office was an activity long before it was a place” – Gideon Haigh,   The Office: A Hardworking History As you join your daily zoom calls thinking that working from home is a new incursion born from the unprecedented nature...

The year 2020 astonished executives and employees alike with its mercurial pace of workplace change and adaptation. In just one month, the percentage of people working remotely  jumped from a meager 31% to the all encompassing 62% – a stark...

Think for a moment about your typical work day. Do you: Wake up tired? Check your email even before leaving bed? Skip breakfast for time? Eat a quick lunch that isn't particularly nutritious? Often eat lunch at your desk? Run...

Don’t overlook the very thing you look at every day. The scenery through an office window sets the tone for the entire office space, and a great view creates an environment that inspires employees to excel. Employees, in a  recent...

When office workers around the world went remote four months ago, managers everywhere feared that productivity would collapse. Instead, it was amplified. When the company Chegg went online at the start of the pandemic, the senior executives were convinced that...

A recent report from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows that  nearly half of Canadians spend more than eight hours a day sitting down. The CIHI also reports that this type of prolonged sitting contributes to nearly 80...

The pandemic’s irreversible shift of our society’s accepted notions regarding work and the worker has induced a collective reexamination of the routines that had existed as the trademarks defining the corporate world. More and more does it appear as though...

The pandemic’s shift towards a remote working style caused a mass leave from the office, and left people scrambling for spaces to work in their homes, particularly those without home offices. This represented  one third of the population who don’t...

The last two years posed as an international live experiment in remote work, when after COVID-19 was declared a pandemic,  88% of organizations worldwide made it mandatory or encouraged their employees to work from home. For the first time ever...

Time is all around us. It is the sum of every small moment, and it is the unit we use to measure life. Time moves forward at a constant pace without any visible beginning or end, and though we cannot...

Are you working from home? The space you spend your work days in is more important than you think, setting the tone for your mood and productivity levels every single day. Here are some tips on how to improve your...

The Home Office Dilemma: Why can’t I be productive at home? The picture is clear, in the myriad living rectangles lined up in rows on your video calls. Hunched backs, overcrowded dining room tables, frozen stills of cluttered workspaces –...

It greets you with support every morning, and carries you through your longest nights of work.  Right below you, though often overlooked, the desk chair you sit on is a  key player in your comfort, health, and mindset, and is by...

Why choose a standing desk? Designed from the discovery of the extensive power of ergonomics, an adjustable standing desk is a significantly healthier alternative to staying seated at a fixed desk every day, and is able to positively transform your health, happiness,...

You can create a sustainable, waste-free workspace for yourself. You will enjoy long-term benefits not only for your pocket but also overall wellbeing! Refurbishing or reimagining? This is the question every office has to ask themselves when deciding what they...

WHAT IS ACUTE CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME? Carpal tunnel syndrome is a common condition that causes pain, numbness and tingling in the hand and arm. The condition occurs when one of the major nerves to the hand — the median nerve...